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Fwd: [omnilogistics] [Critical] Cannot pass new member Rise Above printing

by Matthew Senate

For meeting on Weds, an OMNI proposal for a tenant (non-member?): fwd'ing along ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rise Above Printing <info(a)riseaboveoakland.com> Date: Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:24 AM Subject: Re: [omnilogistics] [Critical] Cannot pass new member Rise Above printing To: omnilogistics(a)lists.riseup.net Hi Matt and Omni Collective, Hopefully this is going to the whole list, if not can you please forward. At the beginning of August I emailed my proposal to join the Omni with my responses to the collective joining questionnaire. I sent this to David Keenan and Niki who were my contact points at that time but I'm not sure if it got forwarded to the group, so I'm pasting it below. Please let me know what the next steps might be to answer the questions of the group or further the discussion of my tenancy and/or membership potential. It was great to be able to stay for the whole meeting tonight and I can tell you all are going about your processes in a careful and smart way. While my situation is time sensitive, I think it's important to give this decision the time it deserves. If you could let me know what to expect as far as the near future that'd be great. Thanks, Gabriela Rise Above Graphics is a screen print shop run by myself and occasional other helpers. We specialize in printing on fabric and clothing. We print limited edition runs of artist designed t-shirts as well as doing custom printing for a wide variety of customers. We also offer design services. I started the print operation in 2005 after much trial and error and self teaching. What started out small has gained a lot of momentum and now Rise Above has an excellent reputation and almost more work that we can sometimes handle. We print for many local artists, bands, shops, schools, etc. and offer discounts for non-profits. I've had a dream of joining efforts with others for a long time. When I was ready to move into a public space I was fortunate enough to come across a wonderful corner spot on Telegraph and decided to expand into an art gallery as well. It was such a pleasure to spend 3 years there helping artists and guest curators use the space for a wide variety of creativity and expression. Rise Above and Smokeys Tangle developed the Temescal Art Hop and maintained the Temescal First Fridays and I'm hoping we can both find a way to resist being pushed out of the neighborhood and keep supporting the arts in Temescal. Now that I am being evicted from my spot, for condo conversion I'm looking to find a place where I can both focus on my print shop and also be part of a community with a cross pollination of ideas, efforts and energy. To be honest I am concerned for the future of this neighborhood, which is also my home. Instead of moving my shop elsewhere I'd much prefer to stay and join the group effort to maintain conscious growth and resist rampant commercialization and homogenization. My income comes from customers who pay for my design and print skills. It's not the most lucrative business but it has been maintaining itself (and my daughter and I) for the past several years. I can contribute to the Omni financially in the form of rent. I can also offer my print services to the community for cheap or barter. I also envison working with the other artists/printers/curators/teachers etc. within the collective on collaborations of making, learning, art events, etc. The possibilities actually seem kind of infinite at this point! Looking forward to getting to know everyone more and talking more about all this potential. Gabriela Laz Rise Above Print Shop + Gallery www.riseaboveoakland.com On Aug 28, 2014, at 10:19 PM, Matthew Senate wrote: Hey all, I regret to bring this up just after what was largely a productive and important meeting. However, based on my conversations with sudo room members after the meeting was over, I need to require that my abstain for this vote must be changed to a block vote. Unfortunately, the sudo room has not previously consented to adding a new member collective. For a decision as serious as adding a new member, I hope the other members of The Omni Oakland Collective can respect this change of position, and the need to take time. I hear this strongly from our sudo community and I hope this resonates with you all. I wish I was more prepared and able to respond in a timely fashion during the meeting today, but regretfully, I was not and did not. You can see no such decision or approval to add Rise Above as a new member collective was made this past meeting: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-08-27 Nor on the 13th: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-08-13 The sudo room members were waiting for a more formal proposal answering the questions here: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Join Is someone willing to contact Rise Above directly, ASAP? // Matt

11 years, 7 months

[OMNI] ADA Lift

by Jenny Ryan

Omni wants to spend $2700 on an ADA ramp into the ballroom, which will enable us to be legally and publicly open: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/hsh/4632534460.html Hol's volunteered to install it, is anyone available to pick it up? As a sudo room delegate, I'm going to vote yes to this on the grounds that accessibility is one of sudo's core values, and trust in Hol's knowledge and experience as he's done extensive research on making Omni ADA-compliant :) Just wanted to note this on the list and give space for folks to block if they've good reason. The funds would come from the Omni's bank account. Cheers, Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

11 years, 7 months

Letting kids into the Omni

by Jenny Ryan

Hi all, a PSA: Please don't let unsupervised children into the Omni unless you are willing to supervise them [closely] for the complete duration of the time they're there. And generally, don't let someone in who's not a member unless you're willing to take on responsibility for them as your guest so long as they're there. It's nice to answer the door and all, but with such kindness comes great responsibility. Protip: It's super nice to answer the door to a curious newcomer and give them a tour, and super nice to yourself to end that tour back at the door if you're not willing to continue being responsible for them. Thank you, Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.org http://thevirtualcampfire.org http://technomadic.tumblr.com `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." -Laurie Anderson "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." -Hannah Arendt "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." -Stéphane Mallarmé ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`

11 years, 7 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [bayareahackerspaces-discuss] [Proposal] 2014 BACH Unconference on Oct 18-19 at The Omni (Oakland)

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, Okay, so I have a tough question to ask!!! Here's The Omni's calendar http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Calendar We *can *host the event on Oct 25-26, BUT we'll have to coordinate with a concurrent event: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Event:2014/10/24_Alette_in_Oakland They expect 100-150 people mainly in the ballroom ( http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/File:Omni_full_floorplan_NS.svg). I'd anticipate a BACH Unconference maybe getting close to the 100+ mark only with a great turnout, but probably closer to ~50 with rolling attendees (folks leaving and new folks arriving) for this first-time event. Either number of people would fit in the basement + sudo room's space (see same floorplan above). Here are the *Alette in Oakland* (concurrent event) details: Fri Oct 24: 7-10pm Sat Oct 25: 10am-10pm Sun Oct 26: 11am-3pm We're not sure if there will be sound issues between the ballroom and basement, but we can try to find out beforehand. I don't think it will be too big of an issue if we're not using amplified sound. Alternatively, we can pick an earlier date with more flexibility of location and concurrency Oct 4-5 has: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Event:2014/10/04_Anne%27s_White_Glove_rehear… Oct 11-12 has: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Event:2014/10/11_Oakland_Nights_Live and http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Event:2014/10/12_Anne%27s_White_Glove_rehear… // Matt On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Mitch Altman < mitch(a)cornfieldelectronics.com> wrote: > It would be great to see you again on this coast. :) > > > -------------------------------- > > On 8/22/2014 8:00 PM, John Love wrote: > > Exciting!!! Hoping I can make it back west by then. :-) > > Missing y'all! > @curiousjohn > > Matthew Senate <mattsenate(a)gmail.com> > August 21, 2014 at 4:29 AM > Hey all, > > This thread has been an on-going discussion for hackerspaces in the bay > area, and a topic of a few of the in-person BACH meetings. > > At the sudo room meeting tonight we discussed an opportunity to revive > this thread and galvanize peer-to-peer coordination and collaboration among > the wider bay area hackerspace community by hosting the first BACH > Unconference at sudo room and counter culture labs's new location: The Omni > http://omni-oakland.org/ > > I mocked-up a site we can use for the event: > > http://2014.ba.chgrp.org/ > > It's fork-able at https://github.com/chgrp/2014.ba > > The date is not totally set of course, so holler if there's a good > reason to change it, but some time in October should be the goal! > > Also, maybe there should be a Halloween theme? > > // Matt > > >

11 years, 7 months

Lauren dropping off darkrm equip ~3pm

by David Keenan

Hey all, Lauren is going to stop by to stow some darkroom equipment for the future community lab in the teeny tiny scary basement room in the SE corner. If you see her, please let her in, dorect her to that room and ask her to put a Do Not Havk sign on it..? thx! d

11 years, 7 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [omnilogistics] [Critical] Cannot pass new member Rise Above printing

by hol＠gaskill.com

i already had plans in line for tonight when the work party was announced this morning so won't be able to make it by - in the interest of getting sudo's input on the proposal though, it might be best to just send it out to the list. cheers On 2014-08-29 11:26, Brel Froebe wrote: > i have a copy since she passed them out at the meeting. I will have it with me at the space today after 5pm for a work party, if you are around and want to check it out, come find me, i'll be in the ballroom mainly. > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:19 AM, <hol(a)gaskill.com> wrote: > > it would be good to see a drawing of the area being proposed since there seems to be some confusion > > On 2014-08-29 11:12, Patrik D'haeseleer wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:01 AM, David Keenan <dkeenan44(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > What should happen is our earlier-discussed (and approved by john, if we want to do it) floorplan of putting doors into the north sides of both the storage rooms to provide further means of egress from CCL. > > If there is a floorplan already approved with John, please share it - because I have not seen anything on paper, and I don't think that what you have in mind is the same as what I've been talking about! > > With this in mind, I think the NE room would be a better room for CCL's lab, if that is an option for you guys? It is a bigger room, and putting a doorway in the storage room closer to the hallway would allow essentially a straight shot through to the double-doors on 48th - Such access could be really useful for example to bring a scissor lift into Sudo/CCL so it does not have to make turns, as well. > > What I have been suggesting is to route the exit through the small room in between the two storage rooms. That would indeed be a straight shot, and would not affect either storage room. But we would need somebody to check whether the doorway width we can achieve there would be up to code. > > Patrik > > _______________________________________________ > sudo-discuss mailing list > sudo-discuss(a)lists.sudoroom.org > https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss [1] Links: ------ [1] https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-discuss

11 years, 7 months

Re: [sudo-discuss] [omnilogistics] [Critical] Cannot pass new member Rise Above printing

by David Keenan

Hey all, Yes - Gabriela's message above was forwarded to omnilogistics on 8/7. She also spoke at that week's delegates meeting, as well as at this week's delegate meeting. She has also come by several times and spoken with folks in the building. Together with her most recent email and time to talk tonight, I think Gabriela has by this point functionally answered most of the questions in the questionnaire, and I think certainly addressed the spirit of the questionnaire in terms of being forthcoming about who she is and what she brings to the omni community. But Sudo is a larger group that does things in a more formal manner and if Sudo needs more time to discuss Rise Above's co-subtenancy (if that is the right word for all of us here?), then I think one more week can and should be afforded, even if it is not ideal. It's no one's 'fault' - all of us are volunteers and things just take longer than they should. By the same token of accepting that situations are not ideal, in that same spirit I hope Sudoers recognize that the actual process for adding new co-subtenants (maybe roommate is a better word) is not exactly a well-oiled machine at all, that all of us are operating in good faith, and that we should all still make an effort to accommodate new tenants within the context of this still-imperfect process - both in the general spirit of mutual aid, and for the ongoing survival of the overall project. Other, earlier potential new tenants, like RLL and Ian, didn't make it through our intake process in part because our this process was less than perfect. In addition to Gabriela's emails and presentations at delegate meetings -- some quick facts to consider: - Willing to pay a max of $1000/mo - Needs ~11' radius work area for her 6-screen silkscreen press; some space for a desk; good ventilation, daylight for doing art stuff - Would like to work in the utility room for her 6-screen silkscreen press, which she is willing to share and train others within the Omni community to use also, in the spirit of radical sharing (so long the space and equipment is thoughtfully cared for, her inventory like t-shirts is potentially secureable, etc.) - Is willing to contribute towards fixing up that room: -- removing or moving backward into the hallway part of the pony-wall separating the kitchen from that area so she has enough room, -- putting in a window, etc. Btw -- in terms of the current ground-floor kitchen in the hallway: Health and Fire say its gotta go (not to code for commercial use, which is what we are..). Remember guys, there is another kitchen upstairs - we just can't access it yet, cause John and Mary are using it. But anyhow this particular hallway has to stop being a kitchen, so - Rise Above's presence is not a factor in that, just in case folks were worried about that. - Rise Above would also need to occasionally use part of the area near/adjacent to in the walk-in-freezer area for rinsing out screens - this coincides with the need of the cafe & basement kitchen to have a mop sink / cleaning supply area as per health code. Is willing to help invest in the cost of upgrading this area too in order to serve this need. Other thoughts: In addition, although this feels like it needs to elaboration, welcoming Gabriela fulfills the function of preserving the cultural production of local artists which is obviously being gentrified out of existence in this neighborhood. Providing a continued home for her work fulfils a real-time function of social justice in terms of helping this local community we have moved into, and that feels really important to me. (She also lives in this neighborhood.) She is well-connected to the neighborhood and I think will really help integrate Omni into the local social fabric. Also, her press is a natural companion resource to TIL's community press area in the basement in terms of the community having access to means of production - not unlike Sudo in its computer-y way, BAPS in its radical pedagogical way, CCL in its bio way, etc. In addition I have helped spend a few weeks working out with Gabriela what spaces in the building might be mutually compatible for Gabriela and OOC. This process, with any potential tenant, takes time before a proper application be effectively and thoughtfully made with regards space (an aspect that is not yet reflected in the questionnaire: where and how often space used, not just how much.) As pondering RLL and Ian taught us, it is not the easiest thing in the world to find a new roommate - who is kind, cool, able to contribute financially at a solid level, and above all into the spirit of radical sharing indexical to this project and our survival. Maybe I'm not the only one, but I've put a lot of time and care into efforts at getting new tenants - pitched to multiple law collectives, other free schools, and others - and I think Rise Above is a solid fit. For sudoers' deliberation I would only ask, in terms of process -- let's not let perfection be the enemy of the good..? Not that y'all are doing that - I'm just saying, yes, this *process* may not yet be perfect, but in my view, Rise Above is definitely good :) Lotsa love - me On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:24 AM, Rise Above Printing < info(a)riseaboveoakland.com> wrote: > Hi Matt and Omni Collective, > Hopefully this is going to the whole list, if not can you please forward. > At the beginning of August I emailed my proposal to join the Omni with my > responses to the collective joining questionnaire. I sent this to David > Keenan and Niki who were my contact points at that time but I'm not sure if > it got forwarded to the group, so I'm pasting it below. Please let me know > what the next steps might be to answer the questions of the group or > further the discussion of my tenancy and/or membership potential. > It was great to be able to stay for the whole meeting tonight and I can > tell you all are going about your processes in a careful and smart way. > While my situation is time sensitive, I think it's important to give this > decision the time it deserves. If you could let me know what to expect as > far as the near future that'd be great. > Thanks, > Gabriela > > > Rise Above Graphics is a screen print shop run by myself and occasional > other helpers. We specialize in printing on fabric and clothing. We print > limited edition runs of artist designed t-shirts as well as doing custom > printing for a wide variety of customers. We also offer design services. > > I started the print operation in 2005 after much trial and error and self > teaching. What started out small has gained a lot of momentum and now Rise > Above has an excellent reputation and almost more work that we can > sometimes handle. We print for many local artists, bands, shops, schools, > etc. and offer discounts for non-profits. > > I've had a dream of joining efforts with others for a long time. When I > was ready to move into a public space I was fortunate enough to come across > a wonderful corner spot on Telegraph and decided to expand into an art > gallery as well. It was such a pleasure to spend 3 years there helping > artists and guest curators use the space for a wide variety of creativity > and expression. Rise Above and Smokeys Tangle developed the Temescal Art > Hop and maintained the Temescal First Fridays and I'm hoping we can both > find a way to resist being pushed out of the neighborhood and keep > supporting the arts in Temescal. > > Now that I am being evicted from my spot, for condo conversion I'm looking > to find a place where I can both focus on my print shop and also be part of > a community with a cross pollination of ideas, efforts and energy. > > To be honest I am concerned for the future of this neighborhood, which is > also my home. Instead of moving my shop elsewhere I'd much prefer to stay > and join the group effort to maintain conscious growth and resist rampant > commercialization and homogenization. > > My income comes from customers who pay for my design and print skills. > It's not the most lucrative business but it has been maintaining itself > (and my daughter and I) for the past several years. I can contribute to the > Omni financially in the form of rent. I can also offer my print services to > the community for cheap or barter. I also envison working with the other > artists/printers/curators/teachers etc. within the collective on > collaborations of making, learning, art events, etc. The possibilities > actually seem kind of infinite at this point! > > Looking forward to getting to know everyone more and talking more about > all this potential. > > Gabriela Laz > Rise Above Print Shop + Gallery > www.riseaboveoakland.com > > On Aug 28, 2014, at 10:19 PM, Matthew Senate wrote: > > Hey all, > > I regret to bring this up just after what was largely a productive and > important meeting. > > However, based on my conversations with sudo room members after the > meeting was over, I need to require that my abstain for this vote must be > changed to a block vote. > > Unfortunately, the sudo room has not previously consented to adding a new > member collective. For a decision as serious as adding a new member, I hope > the other members of The Omni Oakland Collective can respect this change of > position, and the need to take time. I hear this strongly from our sudo > community and I hope this resonates with you all. > > I wish I was more prepared and able to respond in a timely fashion during > the meeting today, but regretfully, I was not and did not. > > You can see no such decision or approval to add Rise Above as a new member > collective was made this past meeting: > https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-08-27 > Nor on the 13th: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Meeting_Notes_2014-08-13 > > The sudo room members were waiting for a more formal proposal answering > the questions here: http://wiki.omni-oakland.org/w/Join > > Is someone willing to contact Rise Above directly, ASAP? > > // Matt > > >

11 years, 7 months

Fwd: [omnilogistics] LOST ITEM FROM OAKLAND TOOL LIBRARY! HELP!

by David Keenan

Lost in Omni - any sudoers know wheres? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brel Froebe <brel.alexandre(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 1:40 AM Subject: [omnilogistics] LOST ITEM FROM OAKLAND TOOL LIBRARY! HELP! To: omnilogistics(a)lists.riseup.net Hi, I borrowed 2 items from the Temescal/Oakland tool library, a flatbar(crowbar) and a square/triangle. I put them both in the locked room off the ballroom that is on the shattuck side that houses all the tools, but when i went in there on thurs. i couldnt find it anywhere! does anyone know where it is? I really don't want my borrowing privileges to get revoked, because that was my probationary tool borrow, so i REALLY need to find it and return it before sunday! please keep an eye out or put it back or let someone know who can return it to me. i will be in the space tomorrow after 5pm. Thanks for your help! Peace, brel

11 years, 7 months

OMNI A/V

by Matthew Senate

Hey all, If you want to hack on the stage in the ballroom at The Omni, or other A/V audio/visual stuff, contact Alana, who has expressed interest: alananicolesiegel(a)gmail.com // Matt

11 years, 7 months

Sudoroom Newbie Night Tuesday Sept 2 6-9pm

by Julio Rios

Show up and learn about Sudo Room! Make friends. Have fun. I'll be hosting. We encourage other collectives to host similar events for the community (and each other) to learn about us.

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